Linguistics · Discourse Analysis
In Discourse Analysis, 'face-threatening acts' (FTAs) are primarily associated with which of the following?
- 1Conventional acts of politeness that are executed to help maintain overall social harmony.
- 2Speech acts that inherently damage or put an individual's social identity, self-esteem, or public image at risk.✓
- 3The strategic use of indirect speech acts to subtly communicate complex double meanings.
- 4Acts that directly challenge or invalidate a speaker's academic knowledge base.
Correct answer
Speech acts that inherently damage or put an individual's social identity, self-esteem, or public image at risk.
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